Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KS0053678

KTA - EMPORIA SERVICE AREA (WWTP), Emporia, KS: NPDES KS0053678 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
5Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

KTA - EMPORIA SERVICE AREA (WWTP), held by KANSAS TURNPIKE AUTHORITY, holds NPDES permit KS0053678, which discharges to Stillman Cr (1107020144). EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2018 and expiring June 30, 2023.

KTA - EMPORIA SERVICE AREA (WWTP), Emporia, Kansas: Individual permit KS0053678, held by KANSAS TURNPIKE AUTHORITY; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued July 1, 2018, term to June 30, 2023, by Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE); discharges to Stillman Cr (1107020144).

BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 6 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2016, largest 307% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 6 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest June 30, 2015, largest 3% over the limit.
E. coli: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Other permits held by KANSAS TURNPIKE AUTHORITY

KTA - MATFIELD GREEN SER. (WWTP), Matfield Green: KS0053660, issued July 1, 2018
KTA - LAWRENCE SERVICE AREA (WWTP), Lawrence: KS0053694, issued October 1, 2016
KTA - TOPEKA SERVICE AREA (WWTP), Topeka: KS0095885, issued October 1, 2020

KTA - EMPORIA SERVICE AREA (WWTP) among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 1 discharge permits in the Stillman Creek-Dow Creek subwatershed (HUC 110702010302), KS0053678 among them. Its county holds 73, 1 of them major permits; KS0053678 is a minor permit.

Identity

Facility as filed	KTA - EMPORIA SERVICE AREA (WWTP)
Permittee as filed	KANSAS TURNPIKE AUTHORITY
NPDES ID	KS0053678
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	July 1, 2018
Expiration date	June 30, 2023
Issuing agency	Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE)
Address	Emporia, KS 66801
Receiving water	Stillman Cr (1107020144)
Subwatershed	Stillman Creek-Dow Creek (HUC 110702010302)

Effluent limits and exceedances

5Pollutants on file
5Under a numeric limit
5With a violation of any kind
2With an effluent exceedance

An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.

Pollutant or measure	Limits	Violations, any kind	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance	Largest exceedance, as filed
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	6	6	2	June 30, 2016	307% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	6	5	1	June 30, 2015	3% over the limit
E. coli	2	2	0
pH	2	1	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	2	1	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES KS0053678.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES KS0053678.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES KS0053678.

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This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES KS0053678 for KTA - EMPORIA SERVICE AREA (WWTP) in Emporia, KS, held by KANSAS TURNPIKE AUTHORITY, which discharges to Stillman Cr (1107020144). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a Minor Discharger class of 5, 2 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.